United States promotes Latin American friendship drive
Washington May 30 Officials from a dozen government agencies join diplomats in a broad program to win Latin America as a strong ally. Steps include telegrams urging Bolivia and Paraguay to back Buenos Aires peace terms, a new steamship link to Uruguay and Argentina, army officers to train Argentine air service, and a professor exchange plan under Secretary Hull to link U S and Latin American universities ahead of the Lima Pan American Conference.
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Washington
Latinmerica
State Department
Rosevelt
Bolivia
Paraguay
Mnet
Uenos Aires
Chaco
Maritime Commission
Nazil
Uruguay
Argentina
New York
California
Fight Army
Argentine Air Service
Hull
United States
Lima
Peru
Department
Radio Performers At Allen Jay School Arrive For Show
Roy Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys with Tiny visit Allen Jay school on Tuesday May 31. Acuff, radio's fastest fiddler, acts as master of ceremonies. Tiny sings and plays a bic guitar while Red Jones on bass fiddles and provides comedy. Dell and Jess join on standard and Hawaiian guitars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Acuff
Tiny
Allen Jay School
Red Jones
Dell
Jess
Rembrandt Etching Sells for 3000 in Recent Sale
A small Rembrandt etching brought 3000 at a recent auction, underscoring strong demand for the Dutch master's works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rembrandt
Thomasville Holds Memorial Service for Veterans
A memorial service conducted by Harris Culbreth Post 181 of the American Legion and the Legion Auxiliary honored ex service members at Thomasville City Cemetery. Clyde Tesh led the event with Miss Lillian Yow, decoratings graves at Unity, Chapel, Calvary, Fair Grove, Emmanuel, Hopewell, Fairview and Mills Home cemeteries nearby.
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Thomasville
Harris Culbreth
American Legion
The
Legion Auxiliary
Clyde Tesh
Lillian Yow
Unity
Chapel
Calvary
Fair Grove
Emmanuel
Hopewell
Fairview
Mills Home
Guilford College Commencement Address Delivered
Dr. Hornell N. Hart of Hartford Theological Seminary gave the commencement address at Guilford College on May 30. Hart, a professor of social ethics, spoke to graduates and attendees about contemporary moral issues and civic responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford College
Hornell N. Hart
Hartford Theological Seminary
Hartford
Bridge star Sirrick J Wernher shows steady play at tourney
At the upcoming American Contract Bridge League summer tournament set for August at Contention Hall on the boardwalk in Bury Park, Sirrick J. Wernher remains among the leading competitors. The narrative recalls strategic plays illustrating how correct finesses and suit management can secure or jeopardize a contract as declarers count tricks and defenses.
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Contention Hall
Bury Park
Rick J. Wernher
Fir
Opener notes inek rubber-N event with AI dealer
An OCR fragment records an event titled Opener involving rubber-N and an AI dealer, with cryptic codes such as 108 1 545 and 4AKI06. The readable portion lists technical identifiers and a sudden mention of KOS, leaving the full context unclear.
Easter Island Real Tales From the South Pacific
Uncle Ray recounts Easter Island lore including birdman imagery on rocks and Captain Cook’s 1644 visit. He describes statue remnants, farm life, native curiosity over hats, and a four day stay before the voyage continued. The piece invites readers to order a travel leaflet.
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Captain Cook
Easter Island
South Pacific
Cook
Pary
Children of Nature
Europe
Uncle Ray
Mystery over Schuschnigg as secret police move him
Vienna May 30 ex chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg remains missing after being quietly moved north by German secret police Saturday night. Belvedere Castle, his home since the Anschluss, is to be emptied by next Tuesday. Possible explanations include trial at Leipzig, imprisonment in a sanatorium, or guard protection due to threats and a nervous breakdown reported for the former leader. Countess Vera Fugger Von Babenhausen and his father followed northward afterward.
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Vienna
Kurt Schuschnigg
Scret
Belvedere
Anschluas
Jermany
Schuschnigg
Leipzig
Schusccnigag
Vera Fugger von
Raleigh carpenter killed by truck on highway
A Raleigh carpenter named C. T. Britt, 40, was struck and killed by a truck while walking along a highway near Raleigh on May 29. The accident occurred in the Raleigh area and authorities reported the fatality.
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Raleigh
N. C
C. T. Britt
Here
Liberty Children Convene State Meeting in Wilmington
The Sons and Daughters of Liberty plan their annual state convention in Wilmington on June 8 and 9. Leaders, delegates, and members from across the state will gather for discussions, fellowship, and collective resolutions.
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Liberty Children
Wilmington
N. C
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Asheville
Herman Gudger Nichols
J. J. Nichols
Evelyn Elizabeth Radeker
W. Scott Radeker
Ashevill
Duke Dean Delivers Lees-McRae Commencement Address
Dr. Wilbert C. Davidson, Duke University medical school dean, spoke at Lees-McRae college commencement in Banner Elk North Carolina on May 30. The event marked the college’s graduation exercises with the prominent speaker addressing graduates and attendees.
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Lerps-Mcrae
Banner Elk
N. C
Wilbert C. Davidson
School of Medicine
Duke University
Lees- McRae College
Bible School Opens Today in Thomasville
In Thomasville on May 30 a two week vacation Bible school begins for three churches. Sessions run each morning for about two hours with supervised play periods and four departments Beginners Primary Juniors and Intermediates. Directors are Miss Ethel Richardson at First Baptist Miss Edna Nicholson at Community Methodist and Miss Lillian Yow at Main Street M E church with staffs confirmed for each location.
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Thomasville
First Baptist Church
Ethel Richardson
Louisville Training School
Louisville
Richardson
Community Methodist Protestant School
Edna Nicholson
Greensboro
Nicholson
Douglas Crutchfield
Tom Einstein
Bessie Allen
Isabel Boyles
Clifton Reed
Tom Griffin
Benji Green
Paul Cromwell
M. E
Lillian Yow
Miss Yow
M. L. Bales
Clara Harrison
Ruth Harrison
Vira Clodfelter
Beulah Normont
Virginia Pearce
Tom Lambeth
Robert Williams
Bob Wilson
Dorothy Bumgardner
Ruth May
Josephine Pepper
Yenona Griffith
Lucille Tesh
How Can I by Anne Ashley Q A
A reader asks practical home advice. The article provides instructions for making a water filter using a lamp chimney and cheesecloth, destroying plant lice with soapy spray and a tobacco solution, and deodorizing gasoline by adding sassafras oil.
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Anne Ashley
Modern Etiquette Questions and Answers Column
A column by Roberta Lee answers common etiquette queries. It covers church wedding procedures favoring family first, capitalization in salutations, and Webster’s definition of dinner noting it as the main meal or a formal feast.
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Roberta Lee
Lessons in English by W. L. Gordon
A compact guide lists misused words such as discharge for fire and hearth mispronunciation. It defines emergencies and degeneracy, with a note on daily vocabulary growth and a quotation from Dr. J. G. Holland on gossip transforming into a disease.
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W. L. Gordon
J. G. Holland
Bible opening and copyright question quiz
A reader question set asks for the first Bible verse the duration of copyright and a pedant definition. It also asks which river is longer and names Stephen Foster as the composer of Suwanee River.
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Mississippi River
Missouri River
Suwanee River
Mississippi
Stephen Foster
Ice Frolica dazzles Broadway clubs with ice cabaret show
Broadway’s Ice Frolica at the International Casino wows crowds with a skim ice carnival featuring Sonja Henie style acts led by Evelyn Chandler. The piece notes the show echoes earlier New York ice entertainment while highlighting Einstein and Mann at a private film preview and Howard Hughes planning a world tour for the World’s Fair invitations.
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New York
Manhattan
Broadway
The
International
New Yorker
North Pole
Sonja Henie
Cranium Cracker Puzzling Real Estate Flip
A man buys a lot for 1000, sells for 1500, buys back for 1200, then sells again for 1600. Calculate his profit from these trades. Also notes include 17th century etiquette: wipe spoon, no sauce on clothes, avoid overfull spoons, no dirty knives, no teeth picking.
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Lystgate
Let Them Not Say And Say to Your Shame
A reader cites a line urging others to acknowledge beauty before the arrival of a new presence. The phrase frames portrayal as a contrast between prior wonder and current encroachment, inviting reflection on influence and perception.
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Wake Forest
Biney
Irvings, Carlyle
Carroll W. Weathers
Wake Forest College
Tigert
University of Florida
Johson
Baltimore Evening Sun
W. L. Poteat
Binkley
Chapel Hill Baptist Church
Carlyle
Winston-Salem
Weathers
McKenney
William EB. McKenney
American Contract Bridge League
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East
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Derrick
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AKJ
Uncle Ray's
Bible School
HY A
Gordon
George Ross
Nazi Germany
Germany
Howard Hughes
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Tion
le Bourget
Paris
Hughes
Globe
Bob Moses
Mr. Moses
Washington St
Main
Light House
Yukon Deposit
Aun Page
A&p Bread
Poz
Jewel Swift
Home
Fryers
East Washington Street
South Main Street
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